2 Do lay away, and all wild beasts do rest, 3 And every river eke his course forbears,
eke > moreover
4 Then does this wicked evil you infest,
infest > harass, molest
5 And rive with thousand throbs your thrilled breast;
rive > tear asunder thrilled > pierced
6 Like a huge Etna of deep engulfed grief,
Etna > (The volcano in Sicily, which was very active in the 16th century; its flames were associated with Vulcan's forge. Perhaps, here, this association alludes to the royal line to be established by the marriage of Britomart and Artegall) engulfed > buried
7 Sorrow is heaped in your hollow chest,
hollow > ?vacant (thus being, like Etna, more resonant, and so amplifying her sighs; intention otherwise unclear. Cf. 303.18:7)